Improvement in fence-posts



- W. H. ROUNDY Fence Post.

No. 201,951. Patented April 2, 1878",

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

WILLIAM H. BOUNDY, OF MARSHALLTOWN, IOWA.

Q. IMPRQVEMENT IN FENCE-POSTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 20l,95l, dated April 2, 1878; application file August 8, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WJLLIAM H. ROUNDY, of Marshalltown, in the county of Marshall and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fence-Posts, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

The invention relates to an improvement in posts for barbed-wire fences, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth; the object being to furnish a suitable post having a fastener in which the wire can be introduced, after stretching, without bending it from a horizontal position.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a device embodying the elements of the invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the line m m, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detached enlarged view of the retainer D. Fig. 4 is a transverse section on the line y 3 Fig. 1.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents a fence-post, the upper part of which is formed of three equidistant flanges, F, projecting from a common axial center, the lower part being constructed of four flanges, H, projecting from the same axial center as the' flanges F. The flanges H enter the ground,

may assume in the retainer, it cannot be forced from it by any direct outward pressure. As a rule, the gravity of the wire will cause it to descend into the apex of the retainer.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The flange F, provided with the retainer D and gate-slot E, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing improvement in barbed fence -wire fasteners, as above described, I have hereunto set my hand this 5th day of July, 1877.

' WILLIAM H. ROUN DY.

Witnesses J OEL S. EDWARDS, JAMES L. CALDWELL. 

